British Comedy Guide

The Telephone Call

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1962
  • 1 pilot

If you are worried about the world situation pick up your telephone and do something about it? Lionel Baxter does... and regrets it. Stars Peter Jones, June Whitfield, Richard Caldicot, Derek Bond, Howard Lang and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1962
Channel
BBC TV
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Peter Jones, June Whitfield, Richard Caldicot, Derek Bond, Howard Lang, John Grieve, Roger Avon and Alister Smart
Writers
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Director
James Gilbert
Producer
James Gilbert
Company

Things are getting bad, the whole world is in a crisis and Lionel Baxter is determined to do something about it. He can, he is told, by picking up his telephone .. but when he tries nothing much seems to be happening!

Additional details

Part of

Comedy Playhouse

Production
Studio
Picture
Black and white

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 19th January 1962 at 8:45pm on BBC One
Episode length
30 minutes

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